Staying Home Sucks, home
North Coasters' recruiting march started in Grafton with about 30 volunteers. View looking south along Grafton Street - Coffs Harbour, NSW, January 1916
Grafton, the nearest town. Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Clarence River Sailing Club

Sailing spot · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

12Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Fri 6: 5 kn gusting 11, side-shore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 4 knF2
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
26°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WSW 3 knF1
Gusts
8kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 3 knF1
Gusts
8kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 33 out of 100

Wind
E 5 knF2
Gusts
11kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
24°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 9 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
S 10 knF3
Gusts
18kn
Shore
on
Water
–
Air
20°C

Mon 9 · 25 out of 100

Wind
ESE 9 knF3
Gusts
18kn
Shore
side
Water
–
Air
22°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 290, good
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 40, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 650, fair
  6. Sat 750, fair
  7. Sun 846, fair
  8. Mon 987, good
  9. Tue 100, poor
  10. Wed 110, poor

The spot in four facts

  • Faces Sopen to the S
  • Best wind: W or Ealong the shore
  • Avoid: Nblows out to sea
  • Best Feb–May3 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Clarence River Sailing Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov90, goodwind from the east, 5 knotsF212knside–27°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north, 4 knotsF27knoffnot safe–26°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 3 knotsF18knside-on–31°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 3 knotsF18knside–30°C
Fri 6Nov50, fairwind from the east, 5 knotsF211knside–24°C
Sat 7Nov50, fairwind from the east-south-east, 9 knotsF316knside–28°C
Sun 8Nov46, fairwind from the south, 10 knotsF318knon–20°C
Mon 9Nov87, goodwind from the east-south-east, 9 knotsF318knside–22°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 4 knotsF28kncross-off–26°C
Wed 11Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 6 knotsF215knoffnot safe–31°C
Thu 12Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 2 knotsF114knside–22°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best Feb–May

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Clarence River Sailing Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces S, so wind from the N blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. 1 sailing school or club within 10 km. For sailing at beginner level the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Grafton.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,730–US$3,310 each

about US$1,730–US$3,310 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to CFS, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX and BNE, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$906–US$1,870
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$148–US$242
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$356–US$597
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$597
Totalabout US$1,730–US$3,310

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Grafton

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Closest

Grafton

about 5 min by car · 27 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 27 places to stay in Grafton · Booking.com

About Grafton its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 31h 25m

About 31h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → CFS, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Brisbane International Airport (BNE), then 1h 35m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.